Police Order an Autopsy on Berezovsky, Who Helped Presidents to Power, but Later Became a Target of Putin's Blame

MOSCOW—British police on Sunday ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of Boris Berezovsky's death, as Russians recalled the late tycoon as an oligarch from a reviled bygone era who helped install President Vladimir Putin's regime, only to become its convenient public enemy.

Authorities on Sunday continued the forensic investigation of Mr. Berezovsky's residence outside London, begun Saturday after he was found dead by an...